bruce alexander
jackofallthumbs.bsky.social
bruce alexander
@jackofallthumbs.bsky.social
Retired teacher, microbiologist living in rural NC. Since the victory of the Cult of The Orange Shitgibbon, I’m busy practicing my Molotov Cocktail toss if it comes to it.

The photo is mine. So is the dog. And four others. And three cats. Wife. Chickens.
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The President of the United States is a liar.
January 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Whoever wins the Presidency in 2028 should make Mark Kelly their Secretary of Defense, just so Kelly can prosecute Kegsbreath for his war crimes.
January 5, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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New rule effective immediately.

Please refer to Hakeem Jeffies as

Hakeem Garland

Or

Merrick Jeffries
January 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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January 5, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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Don’t believe the lies, the people of Venezuela aren’t any better for it. How do I know, because we’ve done this all over the world for decades, and it’s always a disaster. We invade, we install a puppet government who will let our companies steal, then we fight a forever war to hold control.
January 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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Edmundo González Urrutia won the 2024 election in Venezuela. He was the choice of the people.

The Maduro-Delcy Rodríguez ticket stole power instead.

Now Trump says he is freeing the Venezuelan people by making Rodríguez his puppet.

So no, there is *nothing* to celebrate today.
January 4, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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ICYMI: Today, the United States of America, under the direction of a mentally unstable president, attacked Venezuela, a sovereign nation, kidnapped its leader and his wife, and declared they are now running the country.

It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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No one who took Trump seriously believed for one second that he was going to engage in foreign policy actions any different than exactly what he has done.

We warned all of you. We told you who and what he was.

You didn’t listen.
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Indeed.
Trans people have been telling cis people this since last January.
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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lol as someone who made a similar decision in 2001, and have successfully made the military change my discharge status from code 3 to 1 after being kicked out for refusing to follow orders I am telling you that this is not an informed take you can literally fight legally… you still have rights 😭
Do ya'll think about the consequences of those military members if they do disobey orders even if it is illegal? Like yeah we'll cheer them on for doing the right thing but the consequences that'll hit them would devastate them for life.
And THIS is why I don't respect all members of the military cuz they go do shit like this without ever thinking of the harm it puts them and others in.

They don't disobey illegal orders, they just follow orders, period.
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Words cannot describe the absolute power of this paragraph
"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
En kvinna, utklädd till rosa Power Ranger, hackade datingsida för högerextrema. Hon raderade hela sidan, men först fick hon användarna att bli kära i AI-botar som hon drev och fick på så sätt ut information om dem. Över 8000 högerextrema profiler har nu kartlagts.

cybernews.com/security/inv...
January 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Can you relate?! 🤚
January 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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#trump is bombing Venezuela because because the Epstein files are a political crisis for Republicans.
January 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Canada: Our Prime Minster studied at Oxford and Harvard, was the Governor of both the Banks of England and Canada, and is recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds around.

America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Best wishes to my BlueSky community.
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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I won't lie, this was a tough year for democracy. But we enter 2026 with hope and optimism for the year ahead. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.
January 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Bigot’s extraordinaire.
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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What a relief to see 2025 in the rear-view mirror. Count me among those optimistic that 2026, America’s 250th anniversary year, will be the opportunity to prove that most Americans won’t let a depraved and malignant despot destroy our beloved country and end our democratic project.

Happy New Year!
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Trump allowed the richest man in the world to condemn potentially millions of people to death. In a just world, this moral atrocity would follow all involved — Musk, DOGErs, Vought, Marco Rubio and Trump — like a trail of blood for the rest of their days.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of USAID
The most consequential legacy of DOGE will be human misery on a massive scale
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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They are incapable of caring
December 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Any Questions?! 👇
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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This isn't just about taking down Trump anymore, this is about taking down the oligarchy that has enabled this behavior. And MAGA and ICE etc. are all just extensions of this behavior - the willingness to ruin lives because you think you are somehow superior.
December 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately.
December 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I admit, this is brilliant.
A combination of an escape hatch, AND a sympathy generator.
Welp, this little baby’s first words are gonna be a pack of lies spoken into a teeny tiny mic
December 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM